[zaneosak]

Hey everybody.

I posted a month or so back about necro solo spots and got a ton of suggestions and also cross referenced them with guides on the wiki and stuff. I tried pretty much all of them and found some of my own but the main reason for my post is to try to figure out why some camps are so highly rated, where I found the XP to be just awful.

I ended up just opening up the ZEM and using that to go from 29 to 33, most of my levels are from Highkeep Guards and Unrest basement/tower. The XP is just absolutely insane, 2% a kill, sometimes 3% a kill, undead also seem to have low hp.

I tried the famous Misty Thickey guards at 30, 31 and 32. I am not really counting lvl 30 much cuz of the hell level factor. But I can't figure out why this camp is so highly regarded unless its purely about the plat making aspect. The XP is just bad to me. 1% a kill , 1.5% for Asler (the higher level one) at lvl 32. They also seem to have higher resists which makes me have to wait for mana more.

I guess the main point of my post is do you guys think there is any zones with bad ZEM (outdoor zone) that can out perform a high ZEM zone like Highkeep or Unrest or Upper guk based on something like .... more mob availability, less risk of death, less down time, faster respawn etc. etc.


I know these factors must be what makes outdoor zones attractive versus flat out high XP rate zones. I'm close to 34 so I was hoping I could move to something new, but I am going for speed more than anything and it seems like Undead Tower in Unrest or Highkeep guards are just impossible to beat for Max XP gain. I'd love to hear any ideas for something else though.

The closest thing I have found is maybe Overthere by the Skyfire ramp. I did about 25% in maybe 90-100 mins, but I had POTG from a druid and was killing yellows... so that won't be normal. I am guessing with 34 Lich and the mobs being blue/white I will be able to kill extremely fast there, so I think that might be the ticket (just spit balling here)

Anyway -- just wanted to start a discussion about these different aspects of the many camps in the game at this level range. One thing that is true -- no matter how populated HK or Unrest or any high pop zone is --- as a solo class there is always something to kill off the beaten path.